“Heir” is an intimate and dramaticized shrine-like arrangement conveying the moral dilemma of starting a family in the future. Rabbit motifs allude to the fantasy of the prototypical American family, which is burdened by inaccessible healthcare systems and uncertainty of the perils of the future. What will our children inherit and be exposed to? Will the ethicality of raising kids be challenged in the future? Depending on how my feelings toward these questions unfold, I will be confronted with the decision of whether or not to be the very end of my family’s line.

“Amnesia Shrine” is a self portrait embodied as an arrangement of personal belongings that I’d forgotten about, arranged through the perspective of a stalker collecting items that represent me. As I came across these items lost to my past, I was the stalker peeking into fragments of my life.

“Silverware” explores the descent of art forms into decoration as they pass through generations, eventually relegated to the peripheries of daily life. They are repurposed and combined through forgotten pasts. The subject is a placemat from my parents’ house that is a repurposed section of quilt probably made by a distant relative of mine (unknown to me) and the assortment of cutlery in my apartment, pooled by my roommates and ranging in embellishment level.

“Ambidextrous” is a lenticular combination of two headshot self portraits that are completed when viewed from the extreme right and left angles. The title refers to my lifelong confusion over whether I can consider myself ambidextrous for drawing with my left hand while throwing with my right. It is also a reflection to how objects change representation as one ages; the type of pencils themselves becoming an icon for schooling as I’ve graduated to using drawing pencils, and as my practice itself has shifted through phases of drawing, painting, and sculpture.

“Offline” depicts a person looking at their phone, embodying feelings of confusion when consuming digital media.

“Zipper” is an exploration of material ubiquity and its relationship with beauty and fatigue. The zipper itself is abundant, regularly unnoticed and unappreciated despite its utility and emphasis on functionality.

Examination of sidewalk infrastructure in my neighborhood used as a walking and mind-clearing interface.